"Jacob is the last flame that burned away the old order, and Michelle is his only believer on the ruins."
Thirty-one-year-old Ning Yuexi, a master's degree from Fudan University, is a top electronics engineer at a US company.
Her life is precise, controlled, and impeccable——
Family, responsibilities, and career are all in order.
Twenty-two-year-old Shang Jin is the most undesirable variable in her life trajectory.
Mixed race, Stanford football quarterback, had a child out of wedlock, and was exiled by his family for many years.
He returned home not for his future, but for revenge.
A joint scientific research project brought them together for a short time.
She firmly believes in boundaries and order,
He is naturally good at tearing apart rules.
In a dust-free world built with sophisticated algorithms and sensors,
He used the arrogance of a football quarterback to dismantle her sense of alienation inch by inch.
He approached her not because of love,
But I want to confirm——
This woman wrapped in "responsibility" and "rationality",
Is it salvation or another kind of prison?
Not to possess her,
But to tear her apart.
After a year, the project ended and he was transferred.
Ning Yuexi thought she had finally returned to the safe track that was recognized and allowed.
On the day of their reunion, she ran into the silent Cullinan at the intersection.
Shang Jin leaned over, looked past her, and landed on the hand being held. His voice was calm and dangerous:
"Ning Yuexi, is he the one you call order and propriety?"
This is an adult game of control and counter-control, dependence and counter-dependence.
When two already injured people approach each other,
No one is a hunter, and no one is truly free.
They are just two ends,
A trapped beast cornered by love.
A mixed-race Stanford football quarterback × a master's electronic engineer from Fudan University
Robbery × Fall of Sanity
Purpose: To live a life disciplined by society,
Encountering destructive longings, crossing boundaries does not bring freedom,
Rather, it forces people to face "What price am I willing to pay for this?"